What Are You Doing This Weekend?

Going out to the theatre, we hope! Here's our weekly roundup:


From ITAC: Mrs. Mannerly

(4th weekend; review here.)

"Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher who has been teaching etiquette classes for 36 years, and no student has ever achieved a perfect score in her class. Young Jeffrey is determined to be the first to achieve this feat. The unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and the real selves that lie inside."

Script by Jeffery Hatcher; directed by Thomas P. Johnson.

Location: Iowa Theatre Artists Company
Time: 7:30 Friday & Saturday, 1:30 Saturday and Sunday
Price: $22.50 ($10 Students)

From The Old Creamery: Busybody

(2nd weekend; review here.)

"Mrs. Piper, a cleaning woman for a suite of corporate offices, seems to know everything about everybody. When she discovers a dead body, will she survive, or does she know too much? You'll be laughing and guessing 'who done it' until the very last scene."

Script by Jack Popplewell; directed by S. Joseph Nassif.

Location: Old Creamery Mainstage
Time: 7:30 Friday & Saturday, 3:00 Sunday
Price: $22.50 ($16 Youth)

From Dreamwell: Bent

(2nd weekend; review here.)

"Martin Sherman's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Bent is at once a powerful and provocative look at the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust and a heart-rending account of a love, redemption and self-acceptance."

Script by Martin Sherman; directed by Angie Toomsen.

Location: Unitarian Universalist Society
Time: 7:30 Friday, 2:00 & 7:30 Saturday
Price: $13 ($10 Seniors & Students)

From ICCT: Honk!

"Celebrate the grande finale of Iowa City Community Theatre’s 56th season by bringing the whole family to Honk! Stiles & Drewe’s musical adaptation of The Ugly Duckling is a delight for all ages and a perfect way to start your summer. Discover your inner swan with Honk!"

Book & Lyrics by Anthony Drewe, music by George Stiles; directed by Brett Myers.

Time: 7:30 Friday & Saturday, 2:00 Saturday and Sunday.
Location: The Englert Theatre
Price: $18 ($15 seniors & students, $12 12 and under)

From Urban Theatre Project: Brilliant Traces

"As a blizzard rages outside, a lonely figure, Henry Harry, lies sleeping under a heap of blankets. Suddenly, he is awakened by the insistent knocking of an unexpected visitor — who turns out to be Rosannah DeLuce, a distraught young woman who has fled her impending marriage, and who bursts into the cabin dressed in full bridal regalia.

Exhausted, she throws herself on Henry’s mercy, but after sleeping for two days straight, her vigor — and combativeness — return."

Script by Cindy Lou Johnson; directed by Erica Jo Hoye.

Location: CSPS
Time: 7:30 Friday & Saturday
Price: $10

From Three Brothers: The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)

"Come and enjoy Three Brothers Theatre's exploration into the complete works of Shakespeare with their upcoming show 'The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)' All 37 of the Bard's plays condensed into one single show that will leave you laughing, crying, and wondering if the actors have a bit of an identity crisis."

Script by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.

Location: Paul Engle Center for Neighborhood Arts
Time: 8:00 Friday & Saturday, 2:00 Sunday
Price: $10

... so get out to the theatre!